Citations taken from JOC, 2007, 72, 3981-3987, by Bruce Ganem and Roland R. Franke.
Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur
Necessity is the mother of invention. -Anonymous Latin saying
Git ‘er done! -Southern country male expression (recently popularized by Larry, the Cable Guy)
That’s hilarious! I’m not sure, but this may be the first reference to a Comedy Central character in an ACS publication. Well, I’m fairly sure.
Lamentations on Chemistry 
WHAT?! Now I have to read that.
Great Post! Did you see the pictures of the ornamental yew trees in the U.P.?
Now, why do they ship the dried leaves to mexico for extraction do you think?
More than a few pharma companies have plants in Mexico. I guess it is cheaper to do the big value added steps outside the USA. The yew leaves are an ag product until some point when the extracts are converted into a valuable drug product. My guess is that it is exported or just transferred, possibly as a farm product, for tax reasons. Maybe someone out there has more depth on this.